I don’t enjoy Girl Talk’s music all that much — I find it overwhelming, like watching someone flip channels on a TV. But I think he’s really important, and anyone who cares about music, technology, originality and ownership should be paying close attention. Adam Bossy raised an intriguing idea in his answer — describing an [...]
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Dance, Key Musicians, Sampling
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Also tagged audio editing, copyright, girl talk, hip-hop, inspiration, linkedin, mashups, memes, pop, rock, songwriting
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
A little while back I went to a screening and discussion at NYU of Blacking Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity, a documentary about the wigger phenomenon by Robert Clift. I’m a very white person who has been heavily involved with “black” music over the years, like for example rapping an Ice Cube song [...]
Filed in Autobio, Music, Politics, Race and Identity
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Also tagged al jolson, america, authenticity, elvis presley, eminem, harry allen, hip-hop, james baldwin, paul mooney, Politics, race, snl, vanilla ice, wiggers
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
I revere Björk above most other musicians. She knows how to balance the coldness of electronic production with hotly unpredictable vocals and instrumental textures. Not everybody loves Björk as much as I do; her approach is eccentric and her sound gets on some people’s nerves. It took me a couple years to be convinced by [...]
Filed in Composition, Key Musicians, Music, Recording
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Also tagged audio editing, bjork, depression, electronica, iceland, interface, lord of the rings, missy elliot, pro tools, Recording, remixes, Sampling, sequencing, timbaland, tolkien
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